Nikachelle wrote:New personal goal: 145 by Christmas (just in time to pack it right back on! ). Currently weighing in at 155. I'd originally thought to shoot for 140, but I think that'd be overkill, thereby making it impossible and frustrating if I didn't hit target.

Nikachelle wrote:New personal goal: 145 by Christmas (just in time to pack it right back on! ). Currently weighing in at 155. I'd originally thought to shoot for 140, but I think that'd be overkill, thereby making it impossible and frustrating if I didn't hit target.

Nikachelle wrote:New personal goal: 145 by Christmas (just in time to pack it right back on! ). Currently weighing in at 155. I'd originally thought to shoot for 140, but I think that'd be overkill, thereby making it impossible and frustrating if I didn't hit target.

Mid-September might wreak havoc on that goal.

I'll eat nothing all week before you come!

In vaguely related news whenever I have skipped going on my morning run and then see one of your 10k run posts on facebook I immediately feel bad and make sure I don't skip again for ages, you're my secret motivator!

"Definition: Love is making a connection with another person against long odds." "Clarification: Love is making a shot to the knees of a target 300 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope."-HK-47WoW Millionaire

sahiel wrote:In vaguely related news whenever I have skipped going on my morning run and then see one of your 10k run posts on facebook I immediately feel bad and make sure I don't skip again for ages, you're my secret motivator!

Ahahaha! That's awesome! I'm doing an 8k after work today! (And now that I've said it here, I HAVE to do it! )

"Definition: Love is making a connection with another person against long odds." "Clarification: Love is making a shot to the knees of a target 300 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope."-HK-47WoW Millionaire

Wait... is there any other way for a human to move? It simply looks faster when I run!

"Definition: Love is making a connection with another person against long odds." "Clarification: Love is making a shot to the knees of a target 300 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope."-HK-47WoW Millionaire

Women's magazine on eating right: One piece of lettuce a day with a side of two slices of skinless apple (the skin has extra calories! YUCK!) Want to treat yourself? Indulge in a plate of rabbit food with yummy diet water sauce for an extra kick!

Shoju wrote:73.5 pounds down since end of feb / beginning of march. My metabolism feels like it's in overdrive the past couple of weeks.

That's some really impressive progress!

Shoju I'm curious what you do for a living? if you don't mind sharing

(you should be a motivational speaker! ha ha ha. no actually I was really just curious.)

I am.... Uh... Well... Here is what I do. I don't have a neat title to cover it all.

I designed, built, and implemented the website for the company I work for. I do their logo work. I do a fair share of our design work for advertising. I do all of our Photography work. I work with our advertising partners for ad campaigns. I manage their social media. Currently a FB account, and an oft neglected twitter account. Our Customers aren't very hip to Tweets. I manage their day to day Network needs (with a lot of help from google) I manage the day to day maintenance / help desk for the computers on said network. I manage the sales from the website I designed (and really want to redesign)I manage the ebay salesI handle incoming phone ordersI handle all Customer Service questions / needs / concerns / complaints that come in electronically. I pull, pack, and ship all orders that I handle. I arrange LTL Shipments of products leaving our companyI locate items that we use in the repair of Military Vehicles that we sell I locate items for customers in any of our 13 widely different departments, Save the housewares department. Since that is a pet project of one of the VP's, she handles that.

So my day is pretty crazy. I relish the moments I get to spend on here, cruising posts, and not just having it loaded in a tab in the background.

3lbs this week. I should probably slow down once summer is over otherwise I think my skin will hate me. If anyone has any experience regarding skin elasticity and weight loss or has any articles handy I'd love to hear from you.

Women's magazine on eating right: One piece of lettuce a day with a side of two slices of skinless apple (the skin has extra calories! YUCK!) Want to treat yourself? Indulge in a plate of rabbit food with yummy diet water sauce for an extra kick!

Women's magazine on eating right: One piece of lettuce a day with a side of two slices of skinless apple (the skin has extra calories! YUCK!) Want to treat yourself? Indulge in a plate of rabbit food with yummy diet water sauce for an extra kick!

That is because women's magazines are in the business of keeping women in a state of distress which keeps them coming back to women's magazines for more advice.

Men's magazines have the same stuff everyday because men don't listen and keep coming back looking for answers. Only when an opinion matches the one they have had all along do they agree and move on.

Sabindeus wrote:How many hours a week is that? Are you ever on-call during off hours?

I get paid for 36.5 hours a week. I'm currently negotiating to get to a full 40. I'm on call 24/7 for the server, even though I'm not sure if something bad happened I would know what to do. I get paid if I have to come in, or if I have to use the VPN to handle something. when I'm not at work. But it's not hourly. It's just a "Hey I had to do X, and did it for X long", and they hand me money.

It's a "small" company. We have <30 employees. 100,000+ SQ FT of Retail Space. 250,000+ SQ FT of Warehouse Space in this building100,000+ SQ FT of Warehouse Space in a former Bowling Alley that borders this property. 150,000+ SQ FT of Retail Space in an even smaller town 20 min away where the original store was. 3.5 Acres of Military Trucks for sale. and we are negotiating to buy the building across the street for ~200,00+ MORE SQ FT.

It's very old school here. My sales aren't as high as I would like them to be, but it's growing. When I started here ~5 years ago (just over I guess), There was a website that they couldn't update, 2 computers, dial up internet, no online sales, no ebay, phone orders were a catastrophe most of the time, no social media at all, and I was hired on a 1 yr contract just to build a presence online.

Now, we have ~14 comps, a server, a network, we're getting ready to take the whole building wireless (that's a MONUMENTAL UNDERTAKING), We're talking about a POS System (I lol at that. You would have to see the place to understand how futile a POS system would be until it was up and running, and it would take YEARS to get everything in it)

Part of it is frustrating, because the owner judges my worth based solely on the sales, when that is roughly 1/2 of what I do on a daily basis. The VP's (there are 2, brother & Sister, children of the owner) understand my importance, as does the Office Manager. But when I've doubled the sales (at least) EVERY FREAKING YEAR and I pulled teeth to let me sell on ebay, and to offer more on the website, and to get things going, it's a little frustrating to hear that I'm being judged only on half of what I do.

Such is the life, and it's a big reason I'm going back to college. I'm woefully underpaid (by about 40% based on my best guess based on what I "Do" compared to jobs that I would do in a comparable setting other places), but they are pretty flexible with my time, and my wife's schedule, and they understand that my on call stuff is predecated by my wife's ability to keep the kids. If she is on call, and they need me, it's VPN or nothing, because her on call > the $$$$$ of my on call.

Honestly, I would eventually like to go into business for myself. I love online sales. I love eBay. I hate Craigslist, but see it's purpose. I love Social Media. I would love to have a business that I run, where I buy and sell. I'd probably start with buying yard sales. Come in on the last day, and just make an offer on whatever they have left. Sort it, photo it, and sell it. Over, and Over, and Over. I don't even know if I would bother with a Store where people cuold walk in and buy. Maybe I would have a counter where they could sell (but that's a headache).

For now, I'm just focused on getting hooked up with a reputable school that offers a digital marketing degree online. I've found 1 school that offers one, but I've never heard of them, so I'm not sure how reputable they are, and the Art Institute has one, but unlike other places that offer online degrees, they aren't tripping over themselves to get in touch with me.

There's all kinds of "sayings" out there to drive you. The one I see most often is "If it's important enough to you, you'll do it. If it's not, you'll find an excuse."

And it's true. If you don't want something enough, you'll find an excuse not to do it.

In terms of "tricks" though... it all comes down to self control/time. If you work stupid hours and find yourself eating fast food because you don't have time to make regular food... then there's your problem. Make lunches at home and bring appropriate snacks. And by appropriate, I mean something that nature made, not something that humans processed. If you're one of those people that enjoys spending money on food (hell, I'm one of them, no shame!) then find something healthy that makes you happy and isn't overly expensive.) For me, that's USUALLY the food my cafeteria at work serves. (Don't even start on me on cafeteria food, my caf is goddamn fucking amazing.)

I say all this tongue in cheek however. I exercise "enough" at the moment, but I eat french fries every day and yet still lose weight (and/or stay stagnant). I'm not flat stomached and I'm not lean, but I'm happy where I am. I have lost a decent amount of weight and still eat what makes me happy. Anything can be done, but you have to find what makes you happy (in terms of nutrition requirements/exercise). At this stage, I need to exercise a lot more because I'm not willing to make dietary sacrifices. In a month or two, that will change and I'll be able to exercise less because I'll be eating a bit less.

Nikachelle wrote:There's all kinds of "sayings" out there to drive you. The one I see most often is "If it's important enough to you, you'll do it. If it's not, you'll find an excuse."

That echoes quite perfectly what I also said tonight at dinner, where we were talking a bit about weightloss (GF and me, my mother and my great aunt on my mothers side).If you want to lose weight because you fell like you should, you will fail. If you want to lose weight because you want to lose weight, you will succeed.

(With the proper annotations about being able to* and knowing how)

*Depending on where you live, a healthy diet that will let you lose weight, will cost more than the unhealthy weight gaining diet - around here vegetables are around 3 times as pricey as potato chips, if not more.

Nooska wrote:*Depending on where you live, a healthy diet that will let you lose weight, will cost more than the unhealthy weight gaining diet - around here vegetables are around 3 times as pricey as potato chips, if not more.

That sucks. Over here I can go into town on market days and make a £10 note stretch really far when buying fruit and veg especially on stuff that is in season. Right now you can get really good prices on strawberries.

I think most western countries ae generally bad at teaching home economics (even when they hav classes that are called that) including food and healthy eating - leaving it to the parents (who in a large majority also suck at it, when looking at statistics of debt tracking bureaus etc, and the obesity statistics as well).

Basically, I am of the opinion that society (in this case schools) need to step up when it is clear that a great deal of society is failing at stuff themselve s(trying not to get political) ; economics (basic household) and healthy eating should be taught in schools (in an interesting way, so it sticks)